Heard It Through the AI
Ilya Sutskever is building artificial intelligence that’s mastering a new skill – language
The City is Her Patient
Eileen de Villa targets opioids and homelessness as Toronto’s new medical officer of health
Rose Wolfe Committed to a Life of Service
The former chancellor is remembered for her wit and warmth
Outside the Box
U of T alumna Margaret Russocki was a leading modernist architect in Toronto – and one of the few women in her field
Battling a Health Emergency
Heather Johnston helps combat AIDS in Malawi as president of Dignitas
The Air Up There
Tarek Ibrahim wants to make personal flying machines a reality
She Walks in Beauty
Astronomer Helen Sawyer Hogg not only researched the stars, but explained them in a heavenly manner to students and the public
Is Health a Human Right?
Recent cases in international law suggest the idea is gaining momentum
Where Do You Go, My Lovelies?
Fred and Norah Urquhart's lifelong quest for the hidden kingdom of the Monarch butterfly
Singing It for Themselves
Erin Bardua and Maureen Batt founded an opera company that’s not highbrow or high-cost, but simply fun
Championing Canadian Art
From the moment she arrived in Canada, Katerina Atanassova was drawn to the Group of Seven
Duddy and Me
Ted Kotcheff made almost 20 movies during his career - but it was a pair of small films that really got critics to take notice
Cry the Beloved Country
A network of Syrian expats is bringing youth abroad to study in safety
Digging Deep
How many new dinosaur species can one person help find? Professor David Evans is up to eight
Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Research finds that pop music is getting more melancholy – a sign, perhaps, of the times?
Internet Explorer
Author Andrew Blum follows the wires behind the Web
Frye’s Anatomy
U of T’s Northrop Frye conceded that other scholars were “infinitely more accurate” than he. But he claimed to have something they lacked – genius
Celebrating Northrop
Moncton’s annual Frye Festival attracts thousands, including many distinguished authors
Computer Whiz
Dag Spicer talks tech at his Silicon Valley museum
The 2,000-Year Info Revolution
“Computers” have assisted humans through history
Marshall’s Laws
Fifty years after the publication of his most famous works, we’re still making sense of all Marshall McLuhan had to say
Global Nerve Centre
$1.8-million campaign will revitalize U of T’s culture and technology program and build on McLuhan’s legacy
In the Name of the Daughter
In her literary debut, lawyer Emma Ruby-Sachs wonders about the personal costs of activism
Tales from a Troubadour
Justin Rutledge talks about the art of writing lyrics, working with Michael Ondaatje and surviving cat attacks
The Ties That Bind
Joy Fielding explores a tangled mother-daughter relationship in her new book, Now You See Her
The Aviator
Brave, dashing and touched by the spirit of adventure, Douglas McCurdy became the first person to fly an airplane out of sight of land
Like a Bird
A U of T engineering student has become the first ever to fly a human-powered “ornithopter”
The World According to Walt
Wingfield Lost and Found hits Toronto
Crimes Against Women
Shelley Saywell explores so-called “honour killings” in her new film
Learning to Let Go
In her new book, author Marni Jackson searches for the right level of involvement in her adult son's life
The Social Historian
Professor Natalie Zemon Davis gives new life to history’s outsiders
The Lost Left
Westerners who reject mainstream culture as “inauthentic” may, in fact, be status seekers, says Andrew Potter
Mealtime Patriotism
Writer Sarah Elton argues in favour of local eating
Poet in Motion
Dionne Brand releases her new collection, Ossuaries, while serving as Toronto’s poet laureate
Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Economist Jeff Rubin's new book contemplates life after the Oil Age
Death Becomes Him
Novelist Andrew Pyper goes in for the kill
Joan of Architecture
While everyone else was tearing down historical buildings and throwing up mega-developments, architect Joan Burt spoke up for preservation
Urban Legend
Celebrated American academic Richard Florida heads up the new Martin Prosperity Institute at U of T
Behind Enemy Lines
U of T grads John Kenneth Macalister and Frank Pickersgill trained as spies during the Second World War. An unlucky break brought their lives to a tragic end